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What is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

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What is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)?

Founded in 1980, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a reinvention of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the political wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). 
 
The BJS, formed in 1951 by Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, had established itself as a right-wing Hindu nationalist party. During the Emergency years, this political outfit was dissolved and reintroduced as the BJP. The party did not fare well in the first election it contested in 1984, managing to win just 2 Lok Sabha seats.

However, under the leadership of veteran politicians like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, and others, the party saw
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